Pakistani transgender activist, who helped organise climate march, was abducted and raped

The incident took place when the transgender activist was returning home in Nazimabad after attending an organisational meeting.

Karachi: A Pakistani transgender person, who is an active organiser of a movement aimed at seeking an end to the demolition of Karachi's working-class settlements and markets, has been allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted one day before a climate march held here. The organisers of the 'People's Climate March' that took place under the banner of the Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT) in the city on Sunday said in a statement that one of their organisers, a transgender person, was tortured and sexually assaulted on Saturday by some persons who were looking to "extract" information about the march.

The incident took place when the transgender activist was returning home in Nazimabad after attending an organisational meeting and was picked up and held hostage for three hours. The victim was tortured and assaulted before being released. "We organised a People's Climate March in Karachi. The night before our protest, we held an organising meeting. One of our organisers, a trans woman, was abducted on her way home. She was tortured and raped," the KBT said in a tweet.

The KBT suggested that police were involved in the violence against the transgender person.